RE: [DML] Re: Upgraded Front Suspension
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RE: [DML] Re: Upgraded Front Suspension



No problem...things often get "lost in translation".

Rob Grady
P.J. Grady Inc.
(631) 589-6224
www.PJGrady.com

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Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 11:29 AM
To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [DML] Re: Upgraded Front Suspension

Rob,

I just wanted to correct myself from the statement that I mentioned on the
Fall Tour which was posted on the DML.  I was wrong in saying that the way
the bushings are installed at your shop split towards the back (front sway
bar bushings).  I took a look at my suspension and it is indeed installed
the same way as the factory pictures show.  This is how I have always
installed them after you (Grady) showed me how to install it at your shop.
 My memory was just reversed in thought that night.  I just wanted to clear
that up.

-Steve Cosgrove

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Rob Grady <rob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Bill,
>
> I don't know who said that but they were mistaken as I normally leave 
> the bushings in the original factory position.
>
>
> Rob Grady
>
> P.J. Grady Inc.
>
> From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf Of
> content22207
> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 9:15 AM
> To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Subject: [DML] Re: Upgraded Front Suspension
>
> This is why I left rubber bushings in the crumple extension mounts 
> (LCA end is polyurethane). I also turned them around so the meaty side 
> is towards the back (sway bar arc pushes forward into an empty space). 
> Horizontally it makes no difference which way the bushing is turned.
>
> Combined with the 45 degree shape of our sway bars (Lotus' sway bars 
> have a sharp 90 degree bend), I think arc of travel arguments are a Red
Herring.
>
> An owner at FFT'11 told me Rob Grady turns his bushings around as 
> normal practice even on OEM suspensions, probably to try and minimize 
> the LCA pulling backwards during braking.
>
> Bill Robertson
> #5939
>
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmcnews%40yahoogroups.com> , 
> Marc
>
> Levy <malevy_nj@...> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Mike..
> >
> > So, in the Lotus application there was no obvious changes made to 
> > allow
> for the arc travel of the ARB? The movement is absorbed by the ARB itself?
> Or did they maybe use softer bushings?
> >
> >
> > --- On Thu, 10/27/11, Michael Griese <mike.griese@...> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Michael Griese <mike.griese@...>
> > > Subject: Re: [DML] Upgraded Front Suspension
> > > To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmcnews%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > Date: Thursday, October 27, 2011, 1:22 AM Basically Lotus modified 
> > > the original LCA to take on a lower A arm geometry.
> > > They separated the fore/aft location of the LCA from the ARB by 
> > > adding the extra piece. The washer you see is not a collar but a 
> > > washer used to compress the bushing on the end of the ARB. The 
> > > reasons Lotus did this was the improvements in tire technologies 
> > > over the years, the increase in horsepower available from the 
> > > drivetrain and the improvements in braking. The improved grip of 
> > > performance tires was starting to overwhelm the suspension design.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Mike
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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